IN FOCUS

‘For the first time the extremes are inside the parliament and there are unacceptable undemocratic voices’

Lebanon: wildfire season further exposes government failure

Civil society steps up to combat the blaze

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Tunisia: protests force government to negotiate over waste crisis

Refuse site dispute points to broader failings of governance and democracy

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

NORTHERN AFRICA

Guinea: no timetable for democracy

How long will the military hang onto power?

‘Right-wing backlash is just one side of the coin, the other being the active mobilisation of rights-oriented civil society’

Turkey: refugees targeted in surge of xenophobia

Politicians are ramping up hostility towards Syrian refugees

What hope for a more democratic United Nations?

New report suggests some potential for change, but fails to go far enough

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

‘Civil society has always been an integral part of the UN ecosystem’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

‘Much more money is being invested in destroying the planet than in saving it’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Nicaragua: the king is naked and everybody knows

Ortega claims victory while most Nicaraguans stay away from the polls

CENTRAL AMERICA